Improvement in fastenings for neck-ties



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

H. M. HEINEMAN, OF WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOR NECK-TIES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,4111, dated October 2,1866.

To all whom it may concern: V

Beit known that I, HARRY M. HEINEMAN, of Williamsburg, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fasteningfor Neck-Ties, Src.; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The present invention relates to a new and improved device for fasteningor securing a neck-tie, cravat, scarf, or other article usually wornupon the neck of a person to the collar of the same; and it consists ofa fastening or clasp of such a nature as to be susceptible of beingreadily fastened on or detached from the collar, so that if the necktie,cravat, or other article worn for a similar purpose be first attached'in any suitable manner, by sewing or otherwise, to the same, suchcravat, Src., can be then applied to the neck and there se cured andheld with the least possible amount of trouble or annoyance, and in amanner entirel y independent ot' the button to which the collar isbuttoned upon the front side of the shirt; consequently not producingthe least strain upon such button or the threads by which it is securedto the shirt, which, with all other fastenings or holders for a purposesimilar to the present fastening, has been the cause of much -annoyanceand inconvenience to the wearer by the frequent breaking away of thesaid threads or of the button.

In accompanying plate of drawings my improved fastening or clasp isillustrated, Figure 1 being a view of the same as attached to a cra-vat;and Fig. 2 a central section of the fastening, taken in the direction ofits length and in the plane of the line w fr, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A in the drawings represents my improved fastening for neck-ties,cravats, &c., to shirtcollars, which fastening consists of two arms orjaws, B and C, hinged together at one end, D, and extending one over theother in the direction of their length, with a clasp, E, arranged uponand over said arms in such a manner as to embrace the two and besusceptible of being moved and slid forward and backward thereon, and sothat when moved in the one direction, or toward thefree ends of thearms, it will serve to bring them to.

gether, one upontlle other, and there tightly hold them, or by moving itin the other di'- rection, or toward their ends hinged together, releasetheir loose ends from each other, and thus leave them free to be openedsuciently to remove whatever material may have been placed between theloose ends of the said jaws or arms.

To one of the jaws B and C the fastening is secured by sewing',riveting, or in any other proper manner, to the cavat, neck-tie, scarf,or other article to which it is to be applied, as plainly shown in thedrawings, and with the fastening extending in such a direction as to beentirely covered and concealed by the cravat or neck-tie, 85e., as thecase may be, when, moving tbe clasp or slide Ein the proper direction toallow the jaws to open from each other, the said jaws 'are placed overthe lower edge of the loose end of a collar, at a suitable point of thesame to bring the cravat to the proper position upon the person, andthere se cured by sliding the said clasp in the proper direction tobring the two jaws together, and thuscause them to tightly bind andsecure the collar end in and between them, as is obvious without anyfurther explanation.

From the above description of my improved fastening for neck-ties,cravats, Src., it is plainly apparent that they are secured to the neckin a manner entirely independent of the button by which the collar isbuttoned in front to the shirt, the importance of which has beenhereinbefore stated Afand that, furthermore, in lieu of attaching thecravat to the fastening, it may be independent thereof, and yet besecured to the neck by my fastening, by simply inserting the properportion of the said neck-tie, in connection with the end of the collar,between the jaws of the fastening, and there tightly securing the two byproperly moving or sliding the clasp therefor.

I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent- The fastening A,consisting of the two jaws B and C and clasp or slide E, arranged andconnected together and constructed so as to operate substantially in themanner and for the purpose specied.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 10th day ofJuly, 1866.

' HARRY M. HEINEMAN Witnesses WM. F. MGNAMARA, .ALBERT W. BROWN.

